Truck hoist



Oct. 2 1923.

w. H. REMSEN TRUCK HOIST.

Filed June 12. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 jnuenfofl' v William J[ Remsen, jg, fizz-MW, a

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hoist which can be readily installedon a mo tion and efficient in peration. k v

Other objects will hereinafter appear, and. in order that the invention'may befullyun Patented Get. 2, 1923. p

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'REMSE1\T,OF KANSAS crrY, M'I'ssoURIfAssIeNon 'o'j'F primate-a f Kansas City, in the county of Jacksonand State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 'in Truck -Hoists', of'which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hoists for raisingv truck'bodies to an inclined position to facil1- tate the unloading of material; and one object is to provide a compact power actuated tor truck and which is simple in construe accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a broken side elevation of a truck equipped with thejhoist.

FigFQ. is afragmentary plan view'of oer tam gears constitut ng apart of the hoist. T r

Fig. 3. is an irregularvertical sectional view of the hoist on line III-IIIofFigAl Fig.4 isa front elevation-of the hoist;

h V. with some of the parts removed.

Fir 5'is a section on line VV of Fig. '3,-l

Referring now in' fdetail to thefvarious parts, 2 designates amotorf truckof ordinary construction having a chassis embody-' 1 ing tw longitudinal sills 4 provided at their rear ends with ppositely-disposed bearings. 6 in which trunnions'8 are 'rockably'mon-nb j ed. The tr unri'ions giarei fixed to a pair of: lon'gitjudinalbeams 10,;u'pon which the truck 5 bodyl2 is firmly mounted. Thejtru'ck body 12 terminates a short distance from the rear" of the drivers seat 14, leaving spacein which-'11 the. hoist is mounted." I

' In constructing" the hoist, I employ a pair of'standards 16 united at their upper ends; by a transverse bar 181 andffixedly -In0unt-' j ed at their lower ends'upon'a transverse -barQO. wghichiin turnjis rigidly secured upon the sills 4; ofthechassis. I p The standards 16 are provided near their lower ends with bearings 20?, in-ivhich a' shaft 22 is journaled.

vided with a pair of fixedly-mounteddrums. Q tto whichthe lower ends of a pair of cables i 26 are attached. If desired one long drum 7 may be substituted for the two short drums shown on the drawingsM-The cables- 26 ex-f V ed tobe alternately shifted through the in- .tend. upwardlyfrom the drums QLover Said shaft 22 is pro l to 'ap'air of arms 30 to the lower-"ends iof H. REM's'nN I e5 i with the pivot 34 and mounted-upon support :10 connectedat itsends to' the 'stand- I I ardsf16. By providingeachbra'clit'32fwith tend substantially a 'vertical plane; from therear sheaves 28 to the "arms 30 andie'xert' afpair of sheaves27 and 28,"the cables26'exanio're'direct liftf on the tod iiz'th n if-said cables extended at; anangle fromthe sheaves 27 it( j*th' e 1 arms 30,*and hence less power is .requlred to lift saidbo dy l2 to dumping p0 sition. By pivoting the brackets *341'as above stated 1 the '-'sheave's*27; and 28 mayadjust themselves to the angle of the fcablje s 26 an d the lower endsof-the latter may be attached v t arms f 30' "placed closer together or lfarther apartasthecaseimaybaon different-truck V v bodies, without danger of said cable {26 runningTofffthe'l sheaves'27ggand 28 he drum fshaft 22'--is. provided witha fixl 'edlymount e'd sprocket wheel 12, which driven an endless sprocket chain 44 extending downwardly and around another sprocket fwhe'elrltifixedly mounted upon a shaft 48, journal'edat oneend inaybearingioll fixed to th e adjacent sill 4 of the chassis and journaled at its'opposite end in a, hanger jdep nd1n,q"from, the underside :the trans "i'sprocliet vvheel {16? is provifded ith a :n

idly mounted "worin wheel-v titig which inter-s meshes with'a worm= 58 providediwith a fixedly ino'unte bevel gearf60'iiiiterineshing with' anotherfbeve1gear 62tjmountedupon" I a shaft 64 l provided with a fixedly mounted 1 worm wheel 66 intermesh-ing with a. w0rmf68 fiX'dL rovided" with a; loosely mounted cog whej'el '72, a'loosel yr'mounted sprocket wheel 74 and x i a clutch member 76, whichlatter is slidable' fupon Said shaft 70 but caused ,toirotate therewith through the intermediacy of a niountedl iipon" Qouiite'r shaft;70 1 Y feather 7 8. The clutch member 7 6 is'adapt with a iclutch member 82 on the b g wheel 72 and into engagement with a clutch member 84- on the sprocket wheel 74, to drive the shaft 70 in opposite directions to' etfect the I raising and lowering of the truck body 12.

The cog wheel 72 is driven in one clirec-e whee-l 1(90' fixed upon the shaft 9 6:

The worm 58 is journaledinfthe'lower end of the hanger 52. The shaftfil is journaled at one end in ahangerlOQ and at its opposite end in a bearing (not shown) similar to the bearing 50 and secured to one of the; sills 4:. The hanger 102 is secured to a trans? verse bar-11104 fixed to the topofthe sills 4t.

-Th e shaft Tllisjournaled in the hanger 102 and a hanger 108, which latter is secured to the unclerside of a transverse bar 108 fixed to the upper side of thesills 4; lhe shaft 88' is journaled in hangers l'lOoneof which i is secured {to the underside of the bar 108 and the other to the underside of a bar 117.3 fixed to the top ofthe sills e; The clutch lever 80 is arranged to beoperated from the drive-rs seat lib-y a lever 114 andacon neeti-ngrod sothat the dri ver will not have to leave the seat to raise and lower the dyjl w With the'parts; arranged as shown and de-sc ribeds-it will be understood that when 7 the lever lie sis: shifted in one direction the gears 56,58, 66 and 68, tlie body 12 may be. held in dumped positionror lowered with out the use of brakes, ratchets, etc, which drums2t will be rotzitedby the shaft 96 through the intermediacy of thcintervening gearing to wind up the cables 26 and adjust the body 12 to dumping position .as disclosed by dotted lineson Fig-j. 1, and byshifting the lever in opposite; direction the drum-s24 will unwind the cablesl26'and per-'- mit the body 12tomove downwardly tothe full line" position. employingthe worm are aptto permit. the body;- to vviolently de- 7 ratus.

scend from v dumping ,pos1tion and cause damage to t-hefitruckzor thexholsting appa;

vVl;iile I are, shown an, ascribed-tie hoisting mechanism in combination Witlrthe bed and frame of a vehicle, it is to be under stood that said hoisting mechanism could be used for other purposes without departing from the spirit and scope of the claim."

t Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-i The combination of a motor vehicle having a chassis and a body pivoted at oneend to said chassis, oftwo sprocket wheels fixed to the propeller shaft of the vehicle motor, 'acou ntershaft, 88, paralleling the propeller shaft, a'sprocket wheel fixed on said countershaft and driven by one of the sprocket wheels on thepropellershaft through the terme diacy of a chain, a second countershaft paralleling the propeller shaft, a sprocket wheel loosely mounted upon said second countershaft and. provided with a clutch member, a sprocket chain for driving the" last-mentioned sprocket wheel from the other sprocket wheel on the propeller shaft, a gear'wheel fixed to the countershaft, 88, a

gear'wheel loosely mounted upon the second 7 countcrshafjti to drive the same in a reverse direction from that in which it is driven by the sprocket wheel mounted thereon, a clutch mcmber on the last-mentioned gear wheel,

an intermediate clutch. inember having a feather connection with-the second countershaft and adapted to be alternately shifted; into engagement with the-aforementioned clutch membe1s,mechanism for shifting the intermediate clutch. v member into engagement'with 61111161 of the companion clutch members to effect rotation of the second countershaf-t in opposite directions, a worm fixed to the second counters haft, a Worm wheel driven by Sitld: worm, aflbevel gear driven by the worm wheel, as econd bevel gear'driven bythe first bevel gear, an 1nclined shaft on which said second bevel gear is fixedly mounted, a worm also fixedly mounted on said inclined sha'ft, a worm: wheel driven by the last-mentioned worm, and. a sprocket wheel fixed on the shaft of the last-mentioned worm wheel-and adapt- "i edto drive hoisting mechanism for raising and lowering the vehicle body, siibstantially asshown described.

In testimony whereof I affix m in the presence of two, witnesses.

Witnesses: I V I r 'F,.G.-Frsor1niz,-J V L. J. F sorrnitj s V y signature.

WILLIAM H, R MsEN. 

